click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
inflammation & px
pharm inflammation & px
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Salicylate | Aspirin |
| salicylate tx | cooling iv fluids, gastric lavage, activate charcoal, sodium bicarb |
| AE of salicylate | Abnormal bleeding, aspirin toxicity, salicylism, reye syndrome |
| toxicity s/sx aspirin | Electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, fever, respiratory depression |
| Reye Syndrome tx | stop aspirin, monitor carefully, manage swelling & edema |
| s/sx of reyes syndrome | encepholopathy (brain-dysfunction), liver damage, neurochanges, decreased LOC, seizures, inflammation, swelling edema |
| s/sx of encephalopathy | quiet, sleepy, vomiting... stupor, seizures decorticate response, coma; decerabrate response, no pupillary |
| NSAID's AE | GI effects, increased risk for bleeding, fluid volume retention |
| indications of NSAIDs | decreased inflammation-fever-px-platelet aggregation |